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a breaking story we will keep our eyes on and certain we will give you updates as it warrants. >>> now to plix and a new day. new today we are getting as well, former republican vice presidentable nominee paul ryan unleashing criticism of president obama as he is starting his second term. listen to this. >> i decided to not comment between the election and inauguration because i wanted to see what kind of president we are looking at here. what kind of path he was putting his administration on, and all of the statements and comments lead me to my he is thinking more of a political conquest than political compromise. >> we will have more on that in just a moment. >>> also, a big week ahead in washington. hillary clinton set to step down as secretary of state this week and the gnat will hold a hearing on kerry to replace her. meantime in a new interview with the new republic president obama says gun control advocates need to listen to their opponents and understand and respect the tradition of hunting. he added that he enjoys skeet shooting at camp david. president weighed in on the dange
a breaking story we will keep our eyes on and certain we will give you updates as it warrants. >>> now to plix and a new day. new today we are getting as well, former republican vice presidentable nominee paul ryan unleashing criticism of president obama as he is starting his second term. listen to this. >> i decided to not comment between the election and inauguration because i wanted to see what kind of president we are looking at here. what kind of path he was putting his...
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the hillary people will. each one has a president behind them. >> ah. >> bill clinton wants this probably more than anybody on the planet, more than joe biden or anybody else wants it. because it's his resurrection. it says everything that happened to him in 1998 was wrong. he was wronged. and he came back and the public brought him back to prove to the republicans that he was wronged. do you understand? this is very important. bill clinton -- otherwise if he doesn't get his wife re-elected bill clinton will go down as a guy that was basically impeached and ended with a tainted record. but it's really going to be up to her. she's a brilliantly talented person. she's going to decide. she's talk about phenomenons. >> i have to ask you about being a new grandfather. >> you can tell my son's a great father. i can tell the way he holds the baby. >> where do you think he got that from? >> i don't think i was as good. i think he's great. he holds the baby like this and the baby just lies there like this strong arm.
the hillary people will. each one has a president behind them. >> ah. >> bill clinton wants this probably more than anybody on the planet, more than joe biden or anybody else wants it. because it's his resurrection. it says everything that happened to him in 1998 was wrong. he was wronged. and he came back and the public brought him back to prove to the republicans that he was wronged. do you understand? this is very important. bill clinton -- otherwise if he doesn't get his wife...
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how we respond will be huge, how the president responds will be huge. i think that given the situation with obama and the various i remember shoes he's tackling, he now is taking on things he didn't quite dare to do in his first term because he thought they would not be politically accept to believe the majority. >> gun control. >> gun control is perfect thing. you know how he felt about gun control. obviously the shooting in connecticut was a catalyst for this. but he was able to sort of leap on it and say this is what we're going to do. i think that -- i think education is something that has fallen by the wayside in his administration. i think he has to go back at that. i think he has a lot on his plate in the next two years. he can accomplish it unless something terrible happens. >> he does. eleanor, when you look among the things the president has on his agenda, talking about jobs, dealing with the deficit, getting out of afghanistan. imgrapgs. not small goals. what are his chances of getting thinged accomplished? >> i think there's a path on immigr
how we respond will be huge, how the president responds will be huge. i think that given the situation with obama and the various i remember shoes he's tackling, he now is taking on things he didn't quite dare to do in his first term because he thought they would not be politically accept to believe the majority. >> gun control. >> gun control is perfect thing. you know how he felt about gun control. obviously the shooting in connecticut was a catalyst for this. but he was able to...
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a lot of rain in the southwest that will stay all rain. that will fuel the next system. so winter storm advisories, winter ice warnings, already posted across southern wisconsin, northern illinois. in the chicago area. we could end up with about a quarter inch of ice as we go into sunday, and into sunday night. just north of that, though, we should see about 6 to 12 inches of snow in northeastern iowa and wisconsin as well. today, things fairly quiet except for the southwest, where we'll see a lot of rain. on sunday, looking for icy conditions across minneapolis and chicago. all through the morning. it should change over to rain by the time we go to sunday night. alex. >> okay. thank you so much for that. >>> let's go to the economy, more signs it's on the upswing. u.s. stock markets approaching record highs, the dow on track for its best january performance since 1989. the s & p closing above 1,500 for the first time in five years. nasdaq also closing higher. but there could be pitfalls to the good news. >> the stock market winning streak marked its fourth straight week
a lot of rain in the southwest that will stay all rain. that will fuel the next system. so winter storm advisories, winter ice warnings, already posted across southern wisconsin, northern illinois. in the chicago area. we could end up with about a quarter inch of ice as we go into sunday, and into sunday night. just north of that, though, we should see about 6 to 12 inches of snow in northeastern iowa and wisconsin as well. today, things fairly quiet except for the southwest, where we'll see a...
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so it will be an interesting first 100 days, if you will. but it's the job numbers that are going to matter at the end of the day. >> let's move on to our second title, history's calling. the president has won a second term. the health care program is now going to be rolled out within this second term. morris, is this going to be akin to social security and medicare? >> i think so. it's going to be a situation like when richard nixon was vilified and history judged him fairly over time. similarly with bill clinton. presidents take on big issues that are not popular of the day but history judges them better. i think this will be one of those things that people will say, wow, that was a visionary thing to do. it wasn't popular at the time, but it was a visionary thing to do. i think history will judge him fairly. >> what do you think, though, on jobs that the president could do that would be equal to health care reform? >> i have a big idea. you've heard me talk about obama 2.0. it's all about energy. it's not about drill, baby, drill. it's ab
so it will be an interesting first 100 days, if you will. but it's the job numbers that are going to matter at the end of the day. >> let's move on to our second title, history's calling. the president has won a second term. the health care program is now going to be rolled out within this second term. morris, is this going to be akin to social security and medicare? >> i think so. it's going to be a situation like when richard nixon was vilified and history judged him fairly over...
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>> i think he probably will. and, look, i think the politics on this are, particularly if it's republicans opposing a republican, i think outside of the beltway, that is less of a political problem for the president. i think ultimately, while i think some people are disappointed to see -- from a democratic administration where democrats have finally i think surpassed republicans on defense issues and national security issues to feel like we have to have a republican in that position. however, i think tactically for the white house having a republican in that position in a time of budget cuts is a very smart political move. >> okay. karen finney, johnny fratto, always good to have you on the show. >>> here's our twitter question of the day. it is -- what should be the top priority for the 113th congress? some of your tweets -- gop led house campaign in 2010 on jobs it would be nice if they actually passed several job bills. immigration, debt ceiling, true government reform. most definitely immigration reform. we h
>> i think he probably will. and, look, i think the politics on this are, particularly if it's republicans opposing a republican, i think outside of the beltway, that is less of a political problem for the president. i think ultimately, while i think some people are disappointed to see -- from a democratic administration where democrats have finally i think surpassed republicans on defense issues and national security issues to feel like we have to have a republican in that position....
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when will the u.s. be out? >> the lust play a supporting role going forward, the president talked about training, advising, assisting afghan troops. the president is very eager to turn the page on this war. taken the temperature of public opinion. not a very popular war. people are eager to see the troops come home, and the president wants to focus on nation building and that's what we're going to see from him. >> does this suggest that the u.s. will be fully out by 2014? >> white house aides are saying it's unclear, but we might have a very limited presence there. some kind of footprint as wie had in the last ten years. >> okay. i want to talk with you, rachel, about the guns front. the vice president will deliver his recommendations to the president on tuesday. what will they be? anything unexpected? >> vice president joe biden gave a preview that earlier this week. when he was meeting with gun owners, he said early on in the meeting that he would probably be pushing universal background checks for gun purcha
when will the u.s. be out? >> the lust play a supporting role going forward, the president talked about training, advising, assisting afghan troops. the president is very eager to turn the page on this war. taken the temperature of public opinion. not a very popular war. people are eager to see the troops come home, and the president wants to focus on nation building and that's what we're going to see from him. >> does this suggest that the u.s. will be fully out by 2014? >>...
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president obama will be sworn in by chief justice john roberts, and the president will deliver his second inaugural address. fopped by the big kahuna. the second inaugural address. singing by a person named beyonce you might have heard of. there will be the signing ceremony, and of course, the parade. there is a lot going on. it is a big day. we're going to be covering all of it starting on 10:00 a.m. eastern on monday and then monday night i will be here for something we call "the rachel maddow" show, at 9:00 p.m. eastern. it is a big day, take your vitamins and get a good night's sleep. that does it for us tonight. it's going to be a few, a few very good days. see you monday at 10:00 a.m. >>> developing news from algeria. an american is dead and the hostage situation there, other americans are still being held. the latest in minutes. >>> debt ceiling surprise. republicans retreat on their hard-line position. so why did they make the move and what does it mean for more budget talks? >>> new word today from college football star manti te'o. he tells one network whether he was part of the
president obama will be sworn in by chief justice john roberts, and the president will deliver his second inaugural address. fopped by the big kahuna. the second inaugural address. singing by a person named beyonce you might have heard of. there will be the signing ceremony, and of course, the parade. there is a lot going on. it is a big day. we're going to be covering all of it starting on 10:00 a.m. eastern on monday and then monday night i will be here for something we call "the rachel...
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what will happen this time? >> well, you know, the congress and the president made two efforts here that have been fairly substantive. the 2011 effort reduced discretionary spending by $900 billion and a tax increase of $960 billion, but the big elephant has not been addressed, entitlement spending, that's driving our debt. we're running deficits of over a trillion dollars a year, even after the tax increase, so they will have to come back and address that. i hope they can do it in an orderly way, rather than what we do in recent years. the chances that seem to be slim, the congress and president don't seem to be able to work this out in an orderly way. my sense, ground work has been laid to get something fairly significant done. the president had a fairly big give. and put on the table in the last round, adjusting the poll to have it calculated in a more accurate way. that is a big issue on entitlement reform. i'm hopeful that he and the speaker and senator mcconnell and snok reid can get together before we hit
what will happen this time? >> well, you know, the congress and the president made two efforts here that have been fairly substantive. the 2011 effort reduced discretionary spending by $900 billion and a tax increase of $960 billion, but the big elephant has not been addressed, entitlement spending, that's driving our debt. we're running deficits of over a trillion dollars a year, even after the tax increase, so they will have to come back and address that. i hope they can do it in an...
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it will be all right. >> it will. it will be interesting for folks who stick around. thanks, peter. >> thanks, alex. >> carol lee and associate politics editor for roll call david drucker. welcome to both of you. >> good morning. >> carol, i'll speak with you first. as the president says, he's not going to use his executive powers to raise the debt ceiling. treasury department on saturday said we're not going to be minting a trillion-dollar coin to help meet the government's spending obligations. so that means the debt ceiling is going to have to be raised by congress. how ugly is this fight going to get? >> it's going to -- i agree with peter. it's probably going to be worse than what we saw in 2011. despite -- the white house has been very casual about this saying the president's not going to negotiate over the debt ceiling, he did that in 2011, he's not going to do that again, they've tried to rally business to their side, business leaders to their side so that they can box in republicans on this issue when it comes up, but the bottom line is there are a number of
it will be all right. >> it will. it will be interesting for folks who stick around. thanks, peter. >> thanks, alex. >> carol lee and associate politics editor for roll call david drucker. welcome to both of you. >> good morning. >> carol, i'll speak with you first. as the president says, he's not going to use his executive powers to raise the debt ceiling. treasury department on saturday said we're not going to be minting a trillion-dollar coin to help meet the...
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that will be very telling. if he goes ahead and sends someone up to the united states senate now, if you think the hagel nomination is going to be a fight, wait until you see who he sends up as the next treasury secretary. that will be one heck of a fight, i can promise you. >> the word is that it will be his current white house chief of staff. do you think that's likely? >> i don't know. i don't have any inside knowledge from the administration on that fact. if he sends up jack lew, that will be a tough nomination. >> chip, what do you think? tim geithner stepping down. how do you think it's going to impact? do you think, either of you, if the president were to ask tim geithner to stick around at least through that, like, listen, friend, can you extend this another six weeks because i don't want to go through a nomination fight in the middle of all of this as well, don't you think tim geithner would say okay? >> one thing i learned in politics, if the president of the united states asks you to do something, yo
that will be very telling. if he goes ahead and sends someone up to the united states senate now, if you think the hagel nomination is going to be a fight, wait until you see who he sends up as the next treasury secretary. that will be one heck of a fight, i can promise you. >> the word is that it will be his current white house chief of staff. do you think that's likely? >> i don't know. i don't have any inside knowledge from the administration on that fact. if he sends up jack...
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>> it will be interesting. he started off as an anti-war candidate when he was running for president. then he increased troops as president and took a lot of heat from the left. and he will be credited for taking them out. as far as the historic perspective goes, i think right now the country wants the troops out. and it's the right thing to do. but we don't know what that part of the world is going to look like in ten or 20 years. >> so you're giving him credit? >> yes. when you're the president you take credit for what happens when you're in office. you can't always blame your predecessor. so he's in office and he gets credit. >> okay. morris since we're talking legacy and history here, how much will the fact the president gives the green light to these ongoing drone attacks in pakistan taint that legacy? >> this is quite a controversial thing. i plan to talk about this in my worst week best week situation. this is something that america is going to either be judged very well in the future or very painfully,
>> it will be interesting. he started off as an anti-war candidate when he was running for president. then he increased troops as president and took a lot of heat from the left. and he will be credited for taking them out. as far as the historic perspective goes, i think right now the country wants the troops out. and it's the right thing to do. but we don't know what that part of the world is going to look like in ten or 20 years. >> so you're giving him credit? >> yes. when...
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i think there will be commandos in that sense. we've clearly rejected any possibility of an exchange. the militants suggested some kind of swap for the blind sheik remember him from the 1993 first world trade center bombing. but that isn't going to happen. it could be days longer before it is resolved. >> who are the hostage takers and how far is their reach? >> this is a strange group all loosely affiliated with al qaeda and the off shoot group of al qaeda but this particular group is led by a very charismatic interesting man, a one-eyed veteran of the afghan conflict. he is kind of an opportunist, a criminal. he smuggles cigarettes and drugs. they call him the marble man because apparently he is the go-to guy because if you want cigarettes in northern africa he has the supply. >> how involved might the u.s. get trying to get the two americans out? >> the americans are deeply committed to resolving the situation through the algerians and others but i think have a bigger view of wanting to take on this bigger problem of al qaeda a
i think there will be commandos in that sense. we've clearly rejected any possibility of an exchange. the militants suggested some kind of swap for the blind sheik remember him from the 1993 first world trade center bombing. but that isn't going to happen. it could be days longer before it is resolved. >> who are the hostage takers and how far is their reach? >> this is a strange group all loosely affiliated with al qaeda and the off shoot group of al qaeda but this particular group...